Linotype-machine.



PATENTED MAR. 5

. J. R-ROGERS. LINOTYPE MACHINE. APPLICATION F'ILBD we. 17, 1906.

T of Kings, and State of New York, have in UNITEDSTATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN. RAPHAEL ROGERS, or BROOKLYN, NEW, YORK, ASSIGNOR T MER:

' GENTHALER LINOTYPE COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

LlNOTYPE-MACHINE.

No. Mensa main".

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 5, 1907.

all whom it may concern: Be it known that 1, Joint RAPHAEL ROGERS, ofthe borough of Brooklyn, county vented a new and useful Improvement inLinotype-Machines, of which the following is a specification;

' My invention has reference to linotype machines wherein the composedline of mat- I face of a slotted mold in order to close therices ispresented temporarily against the same and form type characters inrelief on a type-metal sing or linotype cast in said mold, as shown, forexample, in Letters Patent of the United States No. 436,531. In thesemachines the matrices, having protruding ears at the lower end,are's'uspended in a vertically-movable support known as the firstelevator and indicated by t in the drawings of said patent, a nd afterthe matrices are in the OfiSiGlIlg'POSllZlOII the elevator is urgedupward, so as to press the ears of the matrices against the underside ofa horizontal shoulder or ledge on the mold. This shoulder serves notonly to insure the proper alinment of the matrices-horizontally,ibutalso ,to' determinethe position of the matrices I proper in relation tothe mold-slot,--andc onsequently the position ofthe type characters onthe e d 'e of the slug or linotype.

" In mac iines as heretofore constructed the shoulder was fixedinrelation to the moldslide, and with given matricesit was impossibleto. change the location of the characters on the slu'gthat is to say,impossible to set them nearer'the upper or the lower edge, if required.In pract ce it frequently away from the same at will to any desired ex-I tent. In this manner the'matrices may be happens that it is desirableto shift a line of charactersiedgewise' of the slug toward-its ,upperorits lower ed e, as the .case maybe,

inorder to accommo ate accents or characters having anunusual' lengthabove or below their bodyportions. I 'accom lish this resuit by changingthe relation 0 the matrices to the. mold-slotfa'nd in order that thismay be done I provide in connection with the mold and referably attachedthereto an adjustable a iningbar or ledge to engage the ears of thematrices." This ar, lying parallel with the mold-slot, may be moved.toward or adjusted endwi'se so that they will be presented-plongti thecenterJofv the mold-slot or,

above or below the center, as demanded, the

result being that the type characters produced will occupy correspondingpositions. on

the edge of the slug.

In the accompanying drawings 1 have shown my invention asapplied to anadjustmold proper secured in a vertical supiporting-v v. heel B andcontaining the mol slot a, whichextends therethrough from the front tothe back.

I C O represent the matrices, each containing the intaglio character ormatrix proper, c, in one edge and having shoulders c and cat the upperand lower ends. These matrices in action are assembled in line side byside and the entire line suspended in the vertically-removable support Ddirectly in front 1 of the mold, the individual matrices standingedgewiseiagainst the mold with the matrix proper, c, opposite themold-slot, so thatthe met-a1 delivered into the slot to form the slug orlinot which Wlll produce the type characters in relief on the edgeof theslug; I

E represents the alining-ba'r secured to the face. of the mold, its formbeing such as to overlap the ears 0 of the matrices, so that when thematrices are urged upward by vmeans of the elevator D their ears will bepressed against the under side of the shoulder,- wheieby thematrix-bodies and'the characters therein will be brought into exactalinement horizontally.

. It will be observed that the distance e will also flow into thematrices,

tween the shoulder and the alining-bar and the mold-slot determines theposition-of the matrices c vertically in rela tionto the mold slot. Byraising and loweringkthe plate E the operative position of 'thematric'esmay be changed vertically s'o that l the characters therein will appearopposite theo'ent'erof the mold-slot, or near its upper side, as shownin Fig. 3, or its lower 'side,' asishown" in Fi 4, as

occasion may requireq In' other we s, the

. edge of the slug. 4

In order to effect accurate adjustment ofvertical adjustmentof theplateE will determine the position of the t pe characters on theslug orlinotype withre erence to its u per and lower sides. In this way thetype 0 ara'cters, if small, may be placed near the up er slug may beadjusted in the exact positions,

required to bring the entire character on the the alini ng-plate E andto'hold it in exact parallelism with the mold-slot, I'ma use devices ofany suitable character; but recommend the arrangement shown in the.drawings, consisting sim ly of a horizontally-movable plate or slideseated in the under or lower'edge of the mold and provided with alongitudinal groove f,'inclined from the horizontal'and adapted toreceive a corresponding rib on the back of the alining-plate. B

moving the slide F to the left tliplate E M l be lowered and the typecharacters produced in lowered position on the edge of the slug, while,on the other hand, the movement of the slide F to the right will raisethe plate E, permit the matrices to assume a higher relation to themold-slot, and consequently produce type characters in a higher positionon the edge of the slug. I

The plate E is secured in place by bindingscrews G, extended throughslots therein into the body of the mold. By tightening these screws theplate and slide may be secured (firmly in their adjusted positions. The

screws may be continued through'into the mold-supporting wheel, as shownin Fig. 2,,so that they will serve also the additional purpose ofholding the mold-body in place; but this is not necessary, as the moldmay be se' cured by independent means. 1

The body of the mold may be of any construction desired provided only itcontains the slot or cell a and is adapted to receive anadjustable-alining-plate E.

The plate E, as shown in Figs. -1 and 2, is

provided with two parallel shoulders e ands,

to engage the matrices, and this for the purpose ofpermitting the use ofordinary twoof ordina construction without necessitating any 0t erchange in the molds and without requiring adjustment of the mold properor change in the position of the ejecting dethe length or the height ofthe mold-slot and the dimensions of the slugs produced therein.

It will of c ourse. be understood that the dimensions of the .slot maybe varied in this way or otherwise without in the least affecting theoperation of my attachments.

' Having. described my invention, what I claim is-- 1. In alinotype-machine, and incombina-.

tion. with a slotted mold, a matrix-alining plate-movable toward andfrom the moldslot, and means for positively moving said.

plate and securing it in its different positions.

2. "In a linotype-machine, the combinationof a slotted mold-body, amatrix-alinirig plate movably secured to. the mold parallel with theslot, means for moving said plate toward and from the slot, and distinctmeans for securing the plate in any desired position.

.3. In combination with a'slotted mold body, a matrix-alining platemovable toward and from the slot, and a slide having an inclinedbearing-surface for the purpose of ad'- justing said plate.

4. In combination with a slotted moldbody, a matrix-alining plate, theadjustingslide connected therewith by an inclined slidingjoint.

5. The combination of a slotted moldbody, the matrix-alining plate E, aslide F for adjusting said plate and binding-screws,-

substantially as shown.

6. In a linotype-machine, the combination of aslotted mold, cooperatingmatrices containing each two inde endent characters, an

alining-plate E movab y attached to the mold andprovided with twogrooves-or shoulders e, 6, means for moving the plate toward and fromthe slot and maintaining its parallelism therewith, and means forholding the plate in' its different positions; whereby either characterof thematrices may be held in different relations to the mold-slot.

the slot is separated from the body portion etter matricesthat is tosay, matrices con taining in the edge two separately-usable characters,requiring the matricesto beset at difi'erent heights in relation to themold for the production 01' the respective characters. f

It is to be noted that the embodiment of my invention in the form hereinshown 'ad- I mits of its being applied to linotypeemachines i Intestimon whereoffI hereunto set my hand, this 13th day of August, 1906,in the presence of two attesting witnesses.

' JOHN RAPHAEL ROGERS.

Witnesses: 1

DAVID S. KENNEDY, Bonner G. CLARK.

